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H. LAW Apple Parer.

( Model.)

No. 242,660. Patented June 7,1881.

WITNESSES N PUERS. Phoio-liihn npher, Wuhlumnn. ILC.

UNITED STATES PATENT H OFFICE.

HERVEY LAW, OF GHATHAM, NEW JERSEY.

APPLE-PARER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,660,.dated June 7,1881. Application filed January 5, 1881. (ModeL) ed certain new anduseful Improvements in Vegetable-Peelers, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention aims to provide a simple culinary machine for rapidly andaccurately peeling vegetables or fruits, such as potatoes and apples. Mymachine is, however, more especially designed for peeling potatoes,which are usually of very irregular forms and sizes; and my inventionconsists in means whereby the cutter may be quickly set to a longer orshorter travel to correspond to the length of the potato, as hereinafterfully set forth.

Figure 1 of the annexed drawings gives a longitudinal elevation of myimproved machine, and Fig. 2 a cross-section thereof on x a". Fig. 3 isail-enlarged plan view of the cutter and its guide.

The machine, may be observed in the drawings, contains most of theelements of an ordinary apple-parer in about the usual arrangement,which is similar to that of a simple turninglathe.

a indicates a rotary spindle, which is driven by the hand-wheel b, whichhas an internallycogged rim that meshes with the pinion c on the shaft,as illustrated. The inner end of the spindle has a forked head, 0, onwhich the potato is spitted and is revolved thereby. and the oppositeend of the potato is centered and guided by the tail-spindle ordeadeenter f.

g is a sliding tool-carriage, which is guided on the longitudinal way orrod h, on one side of the machine, and to which a longitudinal motion isimparted from the screw on the spindle a by the engagement therewith ofa hook-shaped arm, t, extending from one end of the carriage, which thusserves as a nut on the said screw, whereby the carriage ma y bepropelled back or forth by the rotation of the spindle. From thetool-carriage rises an upright tool-arm, i, which is hinged to thecarriage on the horizontal pivot or rock-shaft 7c, and is constantlypressed toward the work by the spring u, arranged as shown. This toolarmcarries near the top a cutter-head, n, which is also pivoted on ahorizontal axis, 0, to a bracket or arm, 19, which is verticallyadjustable on the vertical arm 2', and is held at the desired point bythe set-screw m.

To the cutter-head n is fixed the knife or cutter l, which has the shapeof a bail or semihoop, as generally used inpeelers, its cuttingedgebeing on the under side of its curved bend, which overlies a beveledface, 4", on the cutter, forming an opening through which the chip orpeel cut by the knife-edge escapes. It may now be observed thataprojection or finger, 8, extends from the cutter-head in ad vance of thecutter, and is adapted to lie tangentially against the curved surface ofthe vegetable, while the edge of the cutter is always presented to thevegetable at a slight angle to the point of contact of the vegetablewith the face of the cutter. It will hence be seen that as thecutter-head is freely pivoted to the arm i, which is constantly lorcedtoward the vegetable by its spring u, and as the finger 8 extends, asdescribed, in advance of the cutter tangentially against the surface ofthe vegetable, the cutter-head is free to yield to all the inequalitiesof the potato, and the cutting-edge will be thus guided by the finger sand presented at a practically-uniform angle over all parts of thepotato, thus peeling the same rapidly and effectually, without waste.

The hook t, which engages with the screwspindle a, has a slot-and-screw'connection with the end of the carriage, whereby it maybe raised out ofor dropped into engagement with the screw at any point of its traverse,which hence enables the carriage to be moved back or forthindependentlyot the rotation of the screw, to set the carriage toalongeror shortertravel, in accordance with the length of the potato to be peeled, andalso to admit of moving the carriage back to the startingpoint to beginon the'next potato, without the necessity of reversing the motion of thescrew heretofore required, which is another advantage of my improvement.

I do not limit myself to the precise construction or arrangement ofparts, as these may be somewhat varied without departing from theessential features and principle of my invention, which is expressed inthe following clause.

What 1 claim is- I The combination, with the rotary screwspindle a, ofthe slotted hook-arm t, connected by screws with the arm g oftool-carriage, to adapt it to be used as described.

HERVEY LAW.

Witnesses:

LEWIs SAYRE, JOSEPH O. BRANT.

